Card-holder.



f. c. HEDmcK.

CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION F|LED SEPT.25 1916.

Patente June 25 1918..

WITNESSES ATTOR N EY t i ;cera

chan-Hetman.

.application filed September 2 To (dl witam z'z may camera:

Be it known that l, FLOYD C. Hennion, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Kentland, in the countyof Newton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvelnents in Card-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to card holders, and particularly to lholders for price tickets for the purpose of attaching them to lnerchandise on sale, on which cards :inf/ information desired 'may he written. 'lfhe particular 0h-- ject of the invention being to provide a ticket holder of a Very simple and convenient form made of Wire and adapted to hold the ticket by spring pressure, and in. tui'n to be secured in a similar m a-nner to the inerchandise, there being no sharp points on the holder to prich the fingers of persons handling the inerchandise or itself doing daniage thereto.

.The invention fnrtherinore can be made very cheapliT and in such manner as to securely hold itself in position and the ticket in place and pernit the latter to be removed should it become broken, soiled or the data thereon require changing Without removingthe holder from the article to which it is attached.

lvVith these objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter desc1'ibed,pointed out in the claiin., and illustrated in the -acconipanying drawings, in Which- Figura 1 is a'face View showing the holder attached to a piece of cloth and a ticket secured thereto,

Fg. 2 is similar *view of the opposite side of the ticket holder and ticket,

F 3 is a Vertical central section on the line 'El-3 of Figz 1` a is a perspective View of the ticket holder, and

5 is a. similar 'view of one of the ticket gripping elements of the ticket hoiden ln 'the dra'wing, 1G indicates the 'ticket holder complete, and as clearly shown in lFig. 4, is inadeiof a single length of Wire herit cen'trally upon itself to form a relatively hroad loop 11 of substantially semicircular form, the arms 12 of which extend substantially parallel for a suitable distance and are then given a quick bend ontwardly as at 13 and projeeted in the opposite direction parallel to and in the sarne plane'with the arms 12.. il`hese onnositely projecting Specincation of Letters Patent.

lPatented June 2259 191% 5,1916. serial na. 122,094;

por'l'ions 1a are of equal length 4and entend nearly to the 'crown of the loop 11 and are then bent outwardly again at right angles to the portions 1a'- to form lateral projections 15 ivhich are preferably in the saine line and are much shorter than the portions 1a being bent back upon theniselves to provide gripping fingers 16 that contact With the projections 15 and in front of the same, the ends of the fingers being hent downwardly and backwardly to hear on the under side of said fingers as shown at l'. The arms 12 between 'the loop 11 and the loops 13 are preferably criinped as ndicated at 18 to increase friction between the holder and the article to which it is attached and hence the holding poweru ln use a price or other ticket A is inserted. 'between the portions 15 and the fingers 16, which being; normally in contact are pressed apart upon the insertion of the ticket and by reason of the resiliency of the loops 19 grip the ticket With eufiicient firniness' tozprevent the saine slipping froin the fingers 16y hut not so tight as to prevent ready reinoval therefrorn 7when. desired4 A holder is attached to the article of inerchandise 13 by inserting the edge thcreof between the arms 12 and 14, the arms 12 with the loop 11 passing on one side of the article and the arms 14; on the other side ":int-il the edge of the article A engag'es the loops 13 connecting said arms.

As previously stated arms 12, and 14 being in the saine plane, the entrance of goods between thein Will cause arms 12 to separate from the arms 1-l a distance depending on the thickne'ss of the material B but owing to the resiliency of the arms and the loops 13 they Will tend to return to their normal position, which tendency serves to clam the ticket holder the article 'With su cient friction to prevent its slipping therefrom While being handlcd, the crinips 18 serving to forther increase the gripping power of the ticket holder.

From the above it Will be seen that the ticket holder is simple and can be made with little trouble and at a small expense, and serves to respectively retain a ticket upon the edge of an article'of merchandise and be itself attached thereto without danger of' becoming misplaced and without the necessity of puncturing the inerchandise 4which' is liable to cause the latterto be torn when the sanie Aconsists of a delicate fabric. Fur- 'tlnn'inmre9 this ticket holder maybe employed ciipfo's eecuring sheets of paper, cards,

kc end; applying a tag thereto.

'ii/'het I claim is:

` A efw'dholer formed of a ingle length of V'spfi Wire hent backwai'dly and forwardly imo seif to formfoui? substantially parahei arms lymg 111 the same planthe 1nohthe tefminels of the outermost arms,

said fingers being formed by bending the ens of the Wire outwerdly in the plane of the ei'mfs eie then backwerdly each upon and in contact with itself end finally bending the 15 terminale of said Wire' again outwardly forming thereby an eye in the terminal of 'each finger to provide a 'relatvely broad faceci gripping surface for engaging the face of a card and holding it securely against the 20 outwardly bent portion of the fingei'.

In testnnony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD o.- HEDRIGK.

Wtnesses i JOHN G. DAvIs, EMERY E. HAGE'N. 

